Child&#39;s vehicle.



H, W, CASE CHILD'S VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED APRJZI. can.

Patented Mar. 12, 1918.

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H. W; CASE. cmw's VEHICLE. AFP'HCATION F ILED APR. 27. I917.

Patentec? Mar. 12, 1918.

' !NVENTOR.

6f braking AVAILABLE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

, Homnn w'. cnsn, orrrrrsnunen, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 'ro rrrrsnunonrov or rrr'rsnnnen, rnnnsrnvnnm,

A CORPORATION.

igesssvi whom A-iurtherpbwctof the lnvention is to prowith means in'a v1 cal: iii such class, manner ashereinai'tcr set forth, whereby the ear axle of the-car can be utilized to support he child standing while coasting.

' A further ob ect iQf the invention is to provide .a car of 'sucli class, with means 111 a :manner as hereinafter set forth, whereby :the, length-of the body portiong-can be increasedordiminished so the-car canbe used za by a lar e' or small child.

- er object of the invention is to provide "a; car of the'class referred to with means:tov permit of the child grasping the front wheels when coasting for the purpose -P PQ Q holdin Onto th r; i

. Further ob ects of the invention are to provide'a car of the class referred to which 3.5 ment, strong,,durable, efiicient in its use, con:

pensiveto manufacture. v y With the'foregoingjand other ob ects in view the invention consists of the novel con struction, combination and arrangement of scribed and Fig.

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tit known-'Ithat' I, HOMER W. CASE, a

provide a vehicleor'car front portion 3 has theedges thereof-roundforward part 7 of said 'vided' with a pair with a transverse opening .trically disposed supporting arm 16 the speed -.of"the car or for the-,dtsfree end provided with a" head 17. The

.' is simple in its construction and arrange-Z.

veniently steered, and comparatively'inexq,

posed so ket 18, for apurpose parts as hereinafter more specifically deextend through Specification. Letters latent. Patented Mar, 12, 1913,

Applicationflled April 27,1917. seriamaieases.

portion, one section consists of a platform aving a substantially rectangular rear portion 1, and'a contracted or narrow elongated front portion 3. 'The rear portion 1, provides a seat, and has its rear corners rounded as at 2, and .its rear'edge between the ends thereof concavo-convex. The narrow portion 3 is disposed centrally with respectto the rear portion 1, and said narrow portion 3, at the rear thereof diverges as at 4:. The intermediate part of the ed" as at-6, and the narrow'portion 1 has the side edges thereof squared. The forward part 7, of the narrow orfront portion 3, of the platform is prodisposed in longitudinal alinement with respect to'the length ofthe narrow portion 3. The reference character 9 denotes a steering 0st having a cylindrical intermediate portion 10, and a squared upper portion 11,

and a squared. lower portion '12.

I .Thesquared lower portion :12 is formed 13, in which ismounted a revoluble front axle 14: and'fixed to each end of the axle 14 is a disk 15 pro- .of spaced openings 8, 9,.

vided with an outwardly projecting eccenhaving disk 15 constitutes the front wheels of the vehicleorc'ar and the arm 16 of one disk is 18 (The function o presently referred to.

a Associating" with the steering post 9".

ahandle member .20 reduced as et -21 and having its-lower end said lower end 21 has a transverse opening-22. Secured to the up.-

per end of the member 20 is a handle bar,23.

The reduced lower end 21.- of the member 20, provides the latter with a shoulder 24, and saidreduced lower end 21 is'adapted to an opening 8 or 9, of tongue 3, andgngage in the socket 18. 'When said end- 2111' positioned in the socket 18 the i 19 register with the f the openings 19 will be openings 22 registering 25a in we 7 arranged-0111',,of alinement with respect to i pin 29 is provided shoulders 35 which abut against openings, whereby the handle member is connected to the steering post.

The other section of the body portion consists ofa circular disk 26, which is rovided ,to increase or decrease the length of the body portion when desired. The disk 26, is mounted upon the front part 7, of the narrow portion 3, and is formed with a centrally disposed opening 28, and also with an opening 29 which is arranged between the opening 28 and the periphery of the of the disk 26, is

disk 26.

The normal position with the opening 29, registering with the opening 8, and with the edge of the disk flushed with the free terminus of the front part 7 of the narrow portion 3.

If the length of the body portion is to be increased, the disk 26 is shifted so that e openings 29 and 9 register the disk 26 1 then project beyond the free terminus of the front 7 of the narrow portion 3 creasing the length of the body portion. A for locking the disk in adjusted position.

hen the handle member is connected to the steering post, the reduced end 21 exh registering openings 8 and width from its uppertoward its lower end orthe bolster 30. I

The reduced end portions 33 provide the inner, faces of the bolsters 30 under such conditions the pintles 34 are positioned out wardly with respect to the bolsters 30. The reduced end portions 33, in connection with the pintles 34:, provide shoulders 11 view of the manner in which the end portions and v of saidv section pintles are set up with respect to the'bolsters 30, the disks 37, are maintained clear of the outer faces of said bolsters 30. p

The supporting or crank arms 16 andthe disks 15 provide foot rests" for the child and also act as a means to enable the braking of the speed of the vehicle by the application of pressure thereto from the child.

What I claim is l. A childs vehicle comprising a bod consisting of a pair of sections, one

sections comprising a platform havrear portion and a contracted contracted forward i portion havlng a pair f openings, the other a of said sections comprising a disk seated upon said contracted portion and having a pair of openings registering with the openings in. the contracted portion and "said disk capable of being shifted to ,project beyond length of the body portion, and a steering post provided with front wheels. and handle-bar extending down through'lsaid disk and said narrow portion andr conn'o'eted to said post and rear Wheels connected 'with he rear portion of said plat'ft =t-'na-.- 1 childs vehicle compiis'ingr-a body portion consisting of a long samene s: tion, said shprt section mounted upon the forward end of the long section and capable of being shifted to project beyond said for- Ward end to increase the length of the body portion, rear wheels connected with said long section, a handlebar said sections and front with said handlebar.

" childsvehicle comprising a body consisting of a pair of sections one s comprising a platform pro- Wheels connected portion i a 3 my signature in th e presence of twowitnesses.

HOMER W. CASE. Witnesses:

Max H. SfioLovm-z, LUELLA SIMON.

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